Provost Helen Oswald with Patricia Miller (left) and Margaret Simpson, who were celebrating their birthdays yesterday and held the ribbon.
A £6.4 million affordable housing development has been officially opened in Montrose.
The site at Wirren Gardens previously held a mix of dilapidated garages, demolished cottages and temporary mobile homes which once formed part of lands owned by the ancient hospital.
In recent years it was sometimes known as Dungman’s Tack a reference to it being used as a holding area for horses and livestock.
The new homes are phase one of Angus Council’s major new council housing development, which will see a further 16 homes completed later in the year.
The houses will be offered for rent as part of the council’s affordable house building programme, which will see the construction of more than 150 new homes between 2012 and 2015.
The houses were officially opened on Monday by Angus Provost Helen Oswald who said they would make “fantastic homes for local people and make a real positive difference to their lives”.
She added: “Montrose has a high demand for council housing and I am delighted we have been able to deliver them on schedule.”
